The next step will be to use tax dollars to subsize the public option so that the insurance companies can be put out of business. The last step will be to lower reimbursements so that only minorities and recent immigrants will be left working in healthcare.

ObamaCo and the Congre-Dems think so — or that we're all gullible or will accept whatever they do.

At this point, we know the Senate Demmies will play their games, and I simply await not the next Senate vote after the very predictable vote today, but the conference. That they're progressing is no surprise.

But even besides that, I think it makes sense politically. No one would would vote “No” today is going to change their mind and vote “Yes” later (I understand another procedural vote would happen after the debate that would also require 60 votes). But, with a few weeks of debate, and a few weeks of the public getting a taste of the bill, a few people who would vote “Yes” today might vote “No” in a few weeks.

So, instead of the bill failing with 59 votes today, it could fail with 55 votes in a few weeks. If a few moderate Democrats bail out then it helps the Republican image because it bolsters the argument that they are opposing the bill for legitimate reasons and not just political ones.

That's enough raw political analysis for me. I feel so dirty. I need to go take a shower or something.

What open debate? 10 hours on a 2000+ page bill? What amendments? Reid has already bought off as many votes as needed to pass a bill. After that it's a behind closed doors sausage making operation with a push to pass whatever the Democrat leadership wants under reconciliation. Any delay in ramming this down our throats is at the very least a delay in having it rammed down our throats.